In my last post I shared two images inspired by my local parkrun Maidstone. If you have no idea what parkrun is or you want to see those images you can read that post here. And you can visit parkrun's website here.
As I mentioned I enjoy visiting other parkruns, and I'm hoping to do a series of these. I've done Bexley parkrun a few times as some of my lovely family do Bexley parkrun. It's great to see them and have a catch up, and the Boathouse does a good chocolate covered flapjack that's worth coming back for.
23 September 2016
08 September 2016
Maidstone parkrun badges
I've been going to parkrun for the past 3 years, and I love it! I can honestly not imagine my Saturday mornings without parkrun. Or in fact my Christmas and New Year mornings (yes we run Christmas and New Year too).
If you haven't heard of parkrun, its a free 5K running event that started in Bushy park in London, and has literally spread across the UK and a number of other Countries as well. Every parkrun I've been to is really welcoming, and anyone can join, so if you're interested visit http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/ to find your local.
Here are two images I've made inspired by my local parkrun at Maidstone. The idea behind these images came from talking to a running friend about "wouldn't it be cool if you could collect running badges". So I decided to have a go at making some. This reminded me of being a Brownie and collecting different badges for different activities.
The first image is Maidstone parkrun badge. This is a kind of map of Maidstone parkrun, showing the key features. That's right there are donkeys! Although they don't do much running. I wanted convey the atmosphere of parkrun and show a sense of community.
The second image is of Allington castle which can be seen on the other side of the river. I wanted to draw this as there's a bit of a 'running' joke at Maidstone parkrun, as people often miss the castle. It's often obscured by trees and I think people are just in the running zone. However I liked the idea of a castle badge for people who spot the castle.
Watch this space for more parkrun badges in the future. I like to do a bit of parkrun touristing, so hopefully there will be more to come.
If you haven't heard of parkrun, its a free 5K running event that started in Bushy park in London, and has literally spread across the UK and a number of other Countries as well. Every parkrun I've been to is really welcoming, and anyone can join, so if you're interested visit http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/ to find your local.
Here are two images I've made inspired by my local parkrun at Maidstone. The idea behind these images came from talking to a running friend about "wouldn't it be cool if you could collect running badges". So I decided to have a go at making some. This reminded me of being a Brownie and collecting different badges for different activities.
The first image is Maidstone parkrun badge. This is a kind of map of Maidstone parkrun, showing the key features. That's right there are donkeys! Although they don't do much running. I wanted convey the atmosphere of parkrun and show a sense of community.
The second image is of Allington castle which can be seen on the other side of the river. I wanted to draw this as there's a bit of a 'running' joke at Maidstone parkrun, as people often miss the castle. It's often obscured by trees and I think people are just in the running zone. However I liked the idea of a castle badge for people who spot the castle.
Watch this space for more parkrun badges in the future. I like to do a bit of parkrun touristing, so hopefully there will be more to come.
08 August 2016
Mermaid Series
I was having a look through some of my old sketch books and came across these mermaid drawings. I really like the idea behind these drawings so decided to revisit/redo them. I wanted to create a series of 3 illustrations that were more detailed and finished than the originals.
The concept behind the drawings was to imagine how a mermaid could transform into a human. (Yes another transformation!) I was inspired by werewolf transformations and wanted to convey something a bit gruesome.
02 August 2016
Front cover for SELMEC's 40 year anniversary
I was commissioned by SELMEC to create a front cover for their bookazine to celebrate their 40 year anniversary. In case you were wondering SELMEC stands for South East London Meccano Club, and their website can be found here https://www.selmec.org.uk
The title of the bookazine 'SELMEC's Greatest Hits' gave me the idea of creating record covers/album art using photographs of Meccano models.
I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I think it's a nice way of incorporating lots of different images to represent the 40 years.
One of my favourite parts is Godzilla, this was referenced from a photo of one of the members dressed up in a Godzilla costume testing the strength of Meccano bridges.
The title of the bookazine 'SELMEC's Greatest Hits' gave me the idea of creating record covers/album art using photographs of Meccano models.
I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I think it's a nice way of incorporating lots of different images to represent the 40 years.
One of my favourite parts is Godzilla, this was referenced from a photo of one of the members dressed up in a Godzilla costume testing the strength of Meccano bridges.
01 August 2016
Teapot Transformation
This is an old uni project. The brief was to create 5 images, starting with a self portrait and ending with an object. I'm a bit of a tea fan, so I choose a teapot. This remains one of my favourite projects, so I thought I'd use it as inspiration for my banner.
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